Show BLACK LOCUST recommended FOR WOODLOT X A 4 1 all black locust Plant plantation atlon trees five years old prepared by the united states depart ment 0 of Arri culture re black locust known also ns as yellow locust Is one of fit most profit able and useful kinds of timber for tho the farm tile tho wood Is heavy lin ril and particularly durable when used in the ground por for uso use ns 03 fence posts black doeu locust it Is lonk long lived and very desirable only one other wood gives give longer lep namely ornge orange or bols 1 2 A A 10 1 1 11 t at in A J black locust utilizing rocky places on farm are indications of good farm management darc which however nowhere occurs in fit abundance and Is so hard that it Is difficult dini cult to drive ples into it except when it isgreen la locust loquat grows rapidly block locust grows rapidly and yields good sized fence posts at an ngo age or of from fourteen to twenty years according to tho the forest service A wora ota out odd in middle tennessee which 20 years previously had been planted with will inq benr old locut seedlings yielded fence posts worth 1 8 8 nn an acre on tile the stump tip or nt at tile the railroad about two miles distant tills this was waa a gross return of tin nn acre i yearly early on a hillside of 0 fairly good soil soft which before tho the trees were set out lind had started to gully badly Ite returns turns of 5 to 7 an acre annually lieve frequently been realized on poor thin hill land good soils with itono stono and planted to black locust in the appala chillon and piedmont regions from pennsylvania to kentucky and tennessee can he be counted on to yield nn an average of 10 an acre yearly at tile the old clid of from 15 to 20 years scars the manufacture of insulator pins requires large amounts of black locust for which purpose it Is the most satisfactory wood starting black locust in starting black locust small sprouts with a portion of 0 the root may bo be lug dug up and used or better tile the seed may be sown in the spring in drills in good soil like onion seed at the end of oc tile the season the seedlings will be from two to tour four feet in height and satisfactory in size for setting petting out this may bo be lone done in the late fall but the spring season about tho the time growth starts Is preferable in some regions the locust wood borer Is nl ill most certain to cause causa c extensive dow dam ago to young plantations unless special precautions are taken to keep tile the trees in ft a healthy growing condition and tile bark baik shaded by foliage either brorn nearby near by trees shrubs hru bs 0 or r weeds antor information motion on oil tills this insect and methods of its control will be found in united states deportment of agriculture hill letin protection prom from the locust borer strange as it may appear block locust although one of the most dur able woods when set in the ground matures early and deteriorates in tile the tree rapidly it if not cut when ripe coin mei dally tile the tree Is usually mature lit in 15 to 25 years ears |